Month: August 2016

"The present system of commerce, based on anarchical competition, will furnish us a fine occasion for censuring science, which has not discovered that in commerce, as in any other branch of relations, simple liberty is a source of discord and disorder; that all liberty should be sustained by guarantees and counterpoises; in fine, that liberty… Continue reading On Liberty and its Necessary Limitations

“So slowly, by human standards, did humanity gather itself together out of the dim intimations of the beast. And that first glimmering of speculation, that first story of achievement, that story-teller bright-eyed and flushed under his matted hair, gesticulating to his gaping, incredulous listener, gripping his wrist to keep him attentive, was the most marvelous… Continue reading The Search for Our Better Selves

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Manifestations of Gaia

Carefully securing a very large hammerhead for data collection. These wondrous beings, despite their menacing demeanor, are actually quite peaceful creatures.

Hello, beautiful :).

A stunning male io moth (Automeris io)

Helping students measure a big and beautiful nurse shark

Mama the gentle donkey

A pod of dolphins playfully riding the wake of our research vessel

On horseback through the North Carolina mountains

Beautiful 5-part radial symmetry

Miami skyline as we advance out into the Florida Keys

Collecting data from a big and beautiful bull shark in the Florida Keys

Juvenile gull on Broadstairs beach, England, UK

Abundant greenery in Edinburgh, Scotland

Wind turbines in Northern Germany

Sydney, the hostel guardian. Homestead, Miami, FL.

A most pleasant lunch companion

Entrancing lecture at the Venus Project Research Center by the illustrious social & industrial engineer, Jacque Fresco. Fresco’s life’s work has been devoted to reconstructing society along more equitable and ecologically sustainable trajectories. In order to start us on a saner path, he proposes the elimination of social pathologies such as war and even the use of monetary systems so that we may create a global resource-based economy wherein advanced technological systems map and distribute the world’s resources without barter, debt, or servitude. His innovative ideas come close to what myriad utopian thinkers have dreamed of for centuries.

Herd of wild deer at Wollaton Hall, Nottingham, England

Met a lovely new friend at Fort Bourtange, Groningen, Netherlands

The enchanting Sherwood Forest, Nottingham, England, UK

Flock of sheep grazing in the meadow. Canterbury, Kent, England

Seehund (Seal) Station, Norddeich, Germany. Injured and/or abandoned seals are rehabilitated at the rescue center and, when ready, are released back into the wild.

Sundown on Whitstable Bay, Kent, England

The serene Schloss Neward Clemenswerth palace grounds, Germany.

Autumn, winter, and spring; Breath-taking seasonal variations in Darwin Courtyard at the University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, England

Traversing the Wadden sea, a World Heritage Site, during low tide along Germany’s northern coast.

Communing with an indian elephant to ease the tension during finals @ the University of Miami.